Joe Kent says he was told ‘you need to stop’ investigating Charlie Kirk assassination

Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent said he and his team were blocked from continuing to investigate possible leads tied to the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, alleging federal agencies told them to halt their work despite unsolved questions. Speaking on the Tucker Carlson Show following his resignation from the NCC, Kent said his office initially pursued leads related to possible foreign connections in the case, which fell within its mandate. But he said those efforts were curtailed. 

“We were then told that, ‘Hey, you guys need to stop. You can’t work on this anymore,” Kent said. 

Kirk, a prominent conservative figure and ally of President Donald Trump, was killed last September in a high-profile assassination that authorities have described as the act of a lone gunman on Utah Valley University’s campus. Kent said investigators were told to defer to state authorities in Utah and that federal agencies limited further inquiry.

Joe Kent (former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center) strongly implies that Israel killed Charlie Kirk. pic.twitter.com/ti0nMy2lud

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